State v. Langlois

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Langlois

729 So. 2d 591, 1998 La. LEXIS 3916, 1998 WL 956245

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedDecember 11, 1998

DocketNo. 98-KK-2586

StatusPublished

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State v. Langlois, 729 So. 2d 591, 1998 La. LEXIS 3916, 1998 WL 956245 (La. 1998).

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In re Langlois, Donald; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “A”, No. 335-844; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 98KW-1046.

Granted. The trial court erred in limiting the pretrial hearing to whether the state laid a foundation for the introduction of the DNA evidence. The case is remanded to the trial court with an order to hold a pretrial hearing on the reliability and relevance of the DNA evidence to the facts at issue. State v. Foret, 628 So.2d 1116 (La.1993); State v. Quatrevingt, 93-1644 (La.3/29/96), 670 So.2d 197, 204; State v. Charles, 617 So.2d 895, 896 (La.1993) (per curiam); Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993).

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

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In re Langlois, Donald; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “A”, No. 335-844; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 98KW-1046.

Granted. The trial court erred in limiting the pretrial hearing to whether the state laid a foundation for the introduction of the DNA evidence. The case is remanded to the trial court with an order to hold a pretrial hearing on the reliability and relevance of the DNA evidence to the facts at issue. State v. Foret, 628 So.2d 1116 (La.1993); State v. Quatrevingt, 93-1644 (La.3/29/96), 670 So.2d 197, 204; State v. Charles, 617 So.2d 895, 896 (La.1993) (per curiam); Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993).

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

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